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U. of Iowa researchers find smoke impacts on severity of tornados

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University of Iowa researchers have found that smoke resulting from spring agricultural land-clearing fires in Central America and transported across the Gulf of Mexico intensified tornado conditions already in process in the United States. In fact, the simulation including the smoke resulted in a lowered cloud base and greater wind shear.

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TdVib commercializing CMI technology for recycling rare earth elements from electronic waste

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Recently, TdVib LLC , a company based out of Boone, Iowa, signed a license agreement for the technology with Iowa State University Research Foundation, which handles patenting and technology transfer activities for Ames Laboratory. The CMI process does not require pre-heating, which leads to reduction in pollution and energy usage.

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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These magnetic powders will enable lower cost and energy efficient magnetic refrigeration and HVAC chillers, as well as other clean energy applications such as electric vehicle motors and wind turbine generators. Iowa State University. Idaho National Laboratory. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). 1,000,000.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Wind Energy Project: GLPTC seeks to reduce its electrical energy usage by investing in a renewable source of energy to be generated by wind using equipment on site.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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This project is unique in that the buses will be charged during the day to take advantage of the renewable energy made available by the abundant solar and wind energy available on the island. Project partners are Oahu Transit Services, Gillig, Hawaiian Electric Company and the Center for Transportation and the Environment.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Recent academic research has created synthetic analogue molecules for elucidation of CA enzyme mechanisms which are more robust in harsh environments. Breakthrough High Efficiency Shrouded Wind Turbine. UTRC will team with Columbia University, CM-Tech, Hamilton Sundstrand and Worley Parsons in this program. DOE Share: $2,251,183).

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Obama continues push for green revolution

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The President spoke in Iowa at a wind energy factory about the bloated US energy consumption which was inflicting an unacceptable loss on the economy and the climate. He described the choice as not being between the environment and saving the economy, but between prosperity and decline.

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